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1929ref. BK0177Sacramento California: Sutter Club 1929. Large typographic broadside 35 x 12 inches printed in black with several small illustrations. Blank verso. Original folds otherwise near fine. A large and striking broadside advertising a private minstrel and vaudeville performance at Sacramento's Sutter Club given in honor of California state officers and members of the legislature. The entertainment was scheduled for Thursday February 21 at nine o'clock with admission restricted to invited guests. The broadside promises an elaborate evening of entertainment: "Startling Stunts by Strenuous Stars Mirth Provoking Monologues by Merry Mummers Superb Songs by Siren Singers Melodious Music by Masterly Manipulators" The performance is further advertised as "A Great Grand Glorious Gathering of Wit and Music Mirth and Melody" with the occasion designated as a "Stag" affair. Founded in 1889 the Sutter Club was Sacramento's leading private social club with a membership drawn from the city's political commercial and professional elite. Its first president Newton Booth had previously served as governor of California and United States senator. The club occupied rooms in the California National Bank Building at Fourth and J Streets the location specified on the broadside before moving to its present quarters in 1930. Although the broadside does not identify the performers or describe individual acts its prominent advertisement of a "Monster Minstrel" entertainment leaves little doubt about the theatrical tradition being invoked. An unusually large and well-preserved survival documenting the social entertainments of California's political establishment and the continued popularity of minstrelsy among the state's elite. . Sutter Club unknown books
1959ref. 121012NY: Putnam 1959. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Wilson on the front free endpage. "To Dolores Kindest regards Meredith Wilson Nov 6 '59." Spine cloth with beginning toning beginning foxing on the page edges; dustjacket with light rubbing on the spine and flap folds beginning toning on the flaps' top and bottom edges minimal soiling. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Wilson writes about the troubles of developing "The Music Man." Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Putnam hardcover
1959ref. 121012NY: Putnam 1959. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Wilson on the front free endpage. "To Dolores Kindest regards Meredith Wilson Nov 6 '59." Spine cloth with beginning toning beginning foxing on the page edges; dustjacket with light rubbing on the spine and flap folds beginning toning on the flaps' top and bottom edges minimal soiling. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Wilson writes about the troubles of developing "The Music Man." Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Putnam hardcover books
1972ref. 68Garden City New York: Doubleday & Co. 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover Very Good. Blue cloth boards with cream spine blue and red printing on spine. Next to no flaws with very little bumping on top and bottom of spine. Binding tight with a little give. Pages clean and rough cut on long edge. 283 pages. Noted in Book First Edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper in black marker "To Jack Happy Reading Ann Miller". B&W Photos throughout. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition in protective mylar cover with next to no flaws but slight edgewear on top of spine and a very little wrinkle on top of front cover. Not price clipped. Beautiful Signed First Edition. Doubleday & Co. hardcover
1938ref. 206506New York: Apollo Theatre 1938. Small staple holes at upper margin; old horizontal fold long since flattened. Double-sided handbill 5-5/8 x 8-1/2 in. printed on both sides. Weekly handbill advertising upcoming shows for three weeks beginning September 16 1938 although the year is not printed. Headliners for the three weeks are Ethel Waters Andy Kirk and Duke Ellington. Located on west 125th Street in the heart of Harlem the Apollo was and remains one of the cultural meccas of New York City providing top-level entertainment mostly by Black artists for a mostly Black audience. Apollo handbills from the postwar era are not uncommon those from the 1930s are far less so. Apollo Theatre unknown
1938ref. 206505New York: Apollo Theatre 1938. Small punch-holes at upper margin where it may once have been secured in an album or notebook; slight abrasion to perimeter of holes otherwise about fine. Double-sided handbill 5-5/8 x 8-1/2 in. printed on both sides. Handbill advertising upcoming shows for the weeks of September 30 October 7 and October 14 in 1938 although the year is not printed. Headliners for the three weeks are Duke Ellington Blanche Calloway and Lucky Millinder. Although neglected today Blanche Calloway was the older sister of Cab Calloway and preceded him into show business providing an example for him with her own exuberant performance style. She was a true pioneer as a woman in a male-dominated field. She was in fact the first woman to lead an all-male orchestra which included some rising giants such as Ben Webster saxophone and Cozy Cole drums. Unable to make it far in the face of prejudice against Black and female performers she went on to a long an influential career in radio and as a dedicated advocate for Civil Rights. Apollo Theatre unknown
ref. WALTER-FILM007694Sageworks Benjamin Mordecai Overbrook Entertainment. No binding. Near Fine. New York: 2000. Vintage original 22 x 14" 56 x 36 cm window card poster. Horizontal crease near bottom of poster overall near fine or better. For the New York premiere of August Wilson's play set in Pittsburgh of the 1970s. Poster is warmly inscribed by Wilson: "Tony and Donne / Thank you SPACEWORKS / August Wilson". Underneath is the autograph of the play's producer Ben Mordechai. Tony and Donne Petito were investors in this production. The poster is sold with a provenance letter from Donne Petito in which she explains the history of their involvement with Wilson and Mordechai. Sageworks, Benjamin Mordecai, Overbrook Entertainment unknown
ref. WALTER-FILM007694Sageworks Benjamin Mordecai Overbrook Entertainment. No binding. Near Fine. New York: 2000. Vintage original 22 x 14" 56 x 36 cm window card poster. Horizontal crease near bottom of poster overall near fine or better. For the New York premiere of August Wilson's play set in Pittsburgh of the 1970s. Poster is warmly inscribed by Wilson: "Tony and Donne / Thank you SPACEWORKS / August Wilson". Underneath is the autograph of the play's producer Ben Mordechai. Tony and Donne Petito were investors in this production. The poster is sold with a provenance letter from Donne Petito in which she explains the history of their involvement with Wilson and Mordechai. Sageworks, Benjamin Mordecai, Overbrook Entertainment unknown books
1924ref. 2091502135405434Manchuria Cultural Association 1924. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Manchuria Cultural Association paperback
19352 voll. In 4°, mezza pergamena con angoli, taglio superiore dorato, titoli oro al piatto e al dorso, pp. XX,483,(7), VII,429,(3), piccole abrasioni alla tela dei piatti, lievi erosioni alla tela
1701ref. 20822Paris, Henry Charpentier, 1701 ; in-12, veau marbré, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat, roulette dorée sur les coupes (reliure de l’époque) ; [11-1 bl.], 198, [18] pp., figures in texte.Suivi de : Suite du Trictrac, contenant les règles des jeux du revertier [...], et du toc. Comme on les joüe aujourd’huy. Paris, Heny Charpentier, 1699 ; [4], 111, [9] pp. (Barbier II-996-997).
1686[40] + 481 + [3] pp., (Sig. A12 e8 A-V12 X2), 17cm., reliure plein-cuir d'époque à cinq nerfs, titre et décorations dorées au dos, texte frais, bon état, V106922
1950ref. 237561950. Women in American entertainment scrapbook primarily 1950s documenting the public beauty sexuality celebrity and performing identities of burlesque dancers pinup models actresses and other women whose images circulated widely in postwar popular culture. The compiler places women from burlesque Hollywood modeling nightclub performance and glamour photography emphasizing the female performer as both entertainer and object of fascination during a decade often associated with more restrictive ideals of domestic femininity. Striptease figures including Gypsy Rose Lee Ann Corio Margie Hart Lush Thrush and Earl Moran pinups as well as more prominent Hollywood figures such as Jane Russell Rita Hayworth and Veronica Lake connects the scrapbook to overlapping worlds of striptease film theatrical performance publicity and pinup culture. Its concentration on women displaying their bodies through costume movement pose and theatrical persona places the album within the cultural prehistory of the sexual liberation associated with the 1960s when changing attitudes toward contraception obscenity female desire and women's autonomy increasingly challenged older limits on public expressions of sexuality. Scrapbook containing over 75 printed photographic and illustrated clippings on 18 large pages approximately 9 x 12 inches primarily 1950s in cord bound red board covers. The pages contain magazine and newspaper photographs of women in bathing suits evening gowns lingerie theatrical costumes dance attire and elaborate burlesque dress ranging from formal Hollywood to stage performances and photographs emphasizing dance costume legs and the body in motion. Burlesque and nightclub imagery includes feathered costumes revealing stage dress comic and theatrical routines and performers photographed in settings that present sexuality as part of professional entertainment rather than private life; other pages move into film publicity glamour portraiture fashion and models posed for the mass market. Several leaves arrange multiple images of a single woman creating small visual dossiers on individual performers while full page clippings give others the scale of magazine features. A handwritten index at the front organizes the contents by performer and page The index turns the scrapbook into an organized record of female entertainers including famous Hollywodd stars but also many lesser know Burlesque and nightclub entertainers. The scrapbook was created at a transitional point in American sexual culture. Striptease had become the defining element of twentieth century American burlesque producing nationally recognizable performers such as Gypsy Rose Lee and Ann Corio while Hollywood publicity departments illustrated magazines and pinup photography carried related forms of stylized female sexuality into a much larger audience. The women gathered here therefore occupy different positions within the entertainment economy from actresses whose glamour images accompanied mainstream film careers to performers whose professional identities depended directly on bodily display costume teasing revelation and control of an audience's gaze. Their proximity within one album records how thoroughly these forms had begun to overlap before the social transformations of the 1960s gave female sexual autonomy a more explicit political and cultural vocabulary. Some toning to the scrapbook leaves with scattered edge wear small tears and chipping; covers rubbed and worn at extremities with binding cord retained. Overall good condition. A concentrated record of 1950s popular culture celebrating women as entertainers glamour figures and erotic performers at the threshold of the changes in female sexuality and public self presentation that would become increasingly visible during. unknown
1950ref. 237561950. Women in American entertainment scrapbook primarily 1950s documenting the public beauty sexuality celebrity and performing identities of burlesque dancers pinup models actresses and other women whose images circulated widely in postwar popular culture. The compiler places women from burlesque Hollywood modeling nightclub performance and glamour photography emphasizing the female performer as both entertainer and object of fascination during a decade often associated with more restrictive ideals of domestic femininity. Striptease figures including Gypsy Rose Lee Ann Corio Margie Hart Lush Thrush and Earl Moran pinups as well as more prominent Hollywood figures such as Jane Russell Rita Hayworth and Veronica Lake connects the scrapbook to overlapping worlds of striptease film theatrical performance publicity and pinup culture. Its concentration on women displaying their bodies through costume movement pose and theatrical persona places the album within the cultural prehistory of the sexual liberation associated with the 1960s when changing attitudes toward contraception obscenity female desire and women's autonomy increasingly challenged older limits on public expressions of sexuality. Scrapbook containing over 75 printed photographic and illustrated clippings on 18 large pages approximately 9 x 12 inches primarily 1950s in cord bound red board covers. The pages contain magazine and newspaper photographs of women in bathing suits evening gowns lingerie theatrical costumes dance attire and elaborate burlesque dress ranging from formal Hollywood to stage performances and photographs emphasizing dance costume legs and the body in motion. Burlesque and nightclub imagery includes feathered costumes revealing stage dress comic and theatrical routines and performers photographed in settings that present sexuality as part of professional entertainment rather than private life; other pages move into film publicity glamour portraiture fashion and models posed for the mass market. Several leaves arrange multiple images of a single woman creating small visual dossiers on individual performers while full page clippings give others the scale of magazine features. A handwritten index at the front organizes the contents by performer and page The index turns the scrapbook into an organized record of female entertainers including famous Hollywodd stars but also many lesser know Burlesque and nightclub entertainers. The scrapbook was created at a transitional point in American sexual culture. Striptease had become the defining element of twentieth century American burlesque producing nationally recognizable performers such as Gypsy Rose Lee and Ann Corio while Hollywood publicity departments illustrated magazines and pinup photography carried related forms of stylized female sexuality into a much larger audience. The women gathered here therefore occupy different positions within the entertainment economy from actresses whose glamour images accompanied mainstream film careers to performers whose professional identities depended directly on bodily display costume teasing revelation and control of an audience's gaze. Their proximity within one album records how thoroughly these forms had begun to overlap before the social transformations of the 1960s gave female sexual autonomy a more explicit political and cultural vocabulary. Some toning to the scrapbook leaves with scattered edge wear small tears and chipping; covers rubbed and worn at extremities with binding cord retained. Overall good condition. A concentrated record of 1950s popular culture celebrating women as entertainers glamour figures and erotic performers at the threshold of the changes in female sexuality and public self presentation that would become increasingly visible during. unknown books
ref. WALTER-FILM007867ITC Entertainment. No binding. Near Fine. London: ITC 1967. Collection of 17 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white British photos of which 14 have mimeographed descriptive text on verso five have stamps of production company ITC. Some scattered rippling in areas where paper is attached to verso overall near fine. The Prisoner was a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan who stars as Number Six a nameless British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village after resigning from his position. The allegorical plotlines of the series contain elements of science fiction psychological drama and spy fiction. It was produced by Everyman Films for distribution by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. Wikipedia ITC Entertainment unknown
ref. WALTER-FILM007867ITC Entertainment. No binding. Near Fine. London: ITC 1967. Collection of 17 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white British photos of which 14 have mimeographed descriptive text on verso five have stamps of production company ITC. Some scattered rippling in areas where paper is attached to verso overall near fine. The Prisoner was a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan who stars as Number Six a nameless British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village after resigning from his position. The allegorical plotlines of the series contain elements of science fiction psychological drama and spy fiction. It was produced by Everyman Films for distribution by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. Wikipedia ITC Entertainment unknown books
2014146 p., 36 cm, bross. Text in English, French and German. Supplement paperback book of the SUMO limited edition. This compendium contains essays by Graydon Carter, Annie Leibovitz, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Paul Roth and a short biography of Annie Leibovitz and describes the subjects of the photographs in the Big Book. Illustrated with small format reproductions of the photographs.
1929ref. List2808Sedalia Missouri 1929. 11 x 18 inches heavy cardstock. Manuscript note verso reads “Flor Alpino Vals / Vanderbeck”. Some staining and tears mainly marginal. Overall very good to excellent. An advertisement for a performance by the Original Eleven Clouds of Joy likely an iteration—of which there were many—of the popular Kansas City-based swing jazz band Clouds of Joy. The group was formed in 1921 by trumpeter Terrence Holder 1897–1983 and in 1929 was led by saxophonist Andy Kirk 1898–1992 and found success largely due to the arrangements and playing of Mary Lou Williams. They would tour the US through 1948 playing Kansas City-style jazz had the top song on the Billboard chart in 1938 and the first single to hit number one on Harlem Hit Parade in its inauguration in 1942 with the song “Take It and Git.” Contemporary newspaper accounts list the band as performing under the name “The Original Eleven Dark Clouds of Joy” during this period though the banner in the photograph here omits the word ‘dark.’ This poster represents an uncommon relic of the band’s early days touring regionally roughly a decade before they enjoyed national success. unknown
1929ref. List2808Sedalia Missouri 1929. 11 x 18 inches heavy cardstock. Manuscript note verso reads “Flor Alpino Vals / Vanderbeck”. Some staining and tears mainly marginal. Overall very good to excellent. An advertisement for a performance by the Original Eleven Clouds of Joy likely an iteration—of which there were many—of the popular Kansas City-based swing jazz band Clouds of Joy. The group was formed in 1921 by trumpeter Terrence Holder 1897–1983 and in 1929 was led by saxophonist Andy Kirk 1898–1992 and found success largely due to the arrangements and playing of Mary Lou Williams. They would tour the US through 1948 playing Kansas City-style jazz had the top song on the Billboard chart in 1938 and the first single to hit number one on Harlem Hit Parade in its inauguration in 1942 with the song “Take It and Git.” Contemporary newspaper accounts list the band as performing under the name “The Original Eleven Dark Clouds of Joy” during this period though the banner in the photograph here omits the word ‘dark.’ This poster represents an uncommon relic of the band’s early days touring regionally roughly a decade before they enjoyed national success. unknown books
ref. 70604An archive of holographic letters written by members of a multi-generational show business family which found success on the stage and screen and behind the scenes from Broadway to Hollywood. The family patriarch was Bert Kalmar born Albert Kalvarinsky 1884 -1947 a successful lyricist who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He entered show business as a vaudeville magician and comedian and became a songwriter after a knee injury sidelined his stage career. In addition to yielding numerous hits for the Marx Brothers his partnership with Harry Ruby was portrayed in the 1950 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Three Little Words with Fred Astaire and Red Skelton. Before turning to songwriting Kalmar was in a vaudeville act with Jessie Brown 1892-1985 whom he married in 1910. They had two children: Irving Bert Kalmar Jr. 1913-97 and Margaret "Peggy" Kalmar 1928-64. Peggy married Robert Allison in 1950 and had no children. This archive contains more than 200 letters mostly written by Bert Jr. and Peggy to their parents as well as several dozen cards from friends sent upon the songwriter's death in 1947. The letters span from the 1930s to the 1980s. The collection includes a few business-related letters about projects in development as well as royalty and tax statements following Bert Sr.'s death. Among the condolences for Kalmar Sr.'s death are letters from Hollywood notables. Tillie Winslow the wife of Columbia Picture musical producer Max Winslow wrote: "I am so sorry to hear of Bert's passing. There is so little one can say to help one in times of sorrow. I know how hard the heart can hurt and I feel very keenly for you." Kalmar Jr. also known as "Bigs" followed in his parents' footsteps and pursued a career in acting achieving some limited success. Numerous letters in the collection recount his years traveling with a variety of stage productions. In 1943-44 he appeared with Ethel Barrymore in the production "The Corn is Green." He joined the show in February and recalled the following in a letter to his parents: "I found out to my great surprise that the understudy they had and who had a few lines in Welsh and one in English was leaving before the show that night and I had to learn his business and Welsh lines and go on. The first scene was in mining clothes with soot all over my face. Then in eight minutes I had to have the soot off and juvenile make up on and change clothes for the next scene. I made it. It all went smoothly. Before I went on Miss Barrymore walked all the way across the stage and said 'You're the new one aren't you. We're glad to have you with us.' . Later some of the other members of the cast said it was phenomenal - some of them had been in the show six months before she spoke to them." This collection underscores the growing focus on Hollywood and motion pictures. The Kalmars moved from New York to Beverly Hills for the songwriter's work and Kalmar Jr. moved between the two coasts to take advantage of opportunities on the stage and in film. This is also evident in letters from friends and associates in the acting world. A letter to Kalmar Jr. from James Lister foreshadows his career as a prominent Hollywood casting director. He wrote on September 1 1954 of his decision to leave New York with "Liam" whom he just signed to Universal Pictures: "We both feel that we've had New York and at the moment there seems to be more gold on the other side of the country.as well as trees." The Kalmars were also close friends of Random House president Bennett Cerf. A typed letter signed TLS in the collection dated November 7 1946 recalls a fun evening: "Phyllis and I counted our evening with you and Jessie among the happiest we spent all year. I hope we can do a repeat performance at a very early date." A few years after Kalmar's death Peggy wrote in a letter to her mother about visiting Cerf at his office and his efforts to help her with a job in magazine publishing. The letters are in very good condition and most are accompanied by their original mailing envelope. unknown
1930ref. 002433Paris Lapina, Collection Les Images du Temps 1930
1975ref. 2091502135419341Kamigata Rakugo Listening Party 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 145 Kamigata Rakugo Listening Party paperback
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2015ref. SBBI-mon0000153516Dark Horse Comics 2015. hardcover. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Dark Horse Comics hardcover
